Bar Association Launches Probe Into Disqualifying Rudy Giuliani After Trial by Combat Speech
On 1/11/21 at 12:53 PM EST
The New York State Bar Association launched an inquiry into disqualifying Rudy Giuliani s membership on Monday.
The probe from NYSBA President Scott M. Karson came after Giuliani s trial by combat speech was made hours before Wednesday s deadly attack on the Capitol. We must address the root cause of this abhorrent incident, the blame for which lies first and foremost with President Donald Trump, said Susan DeSantis, the NYSBA s chief communications strategist, in a Monday release.
DeSantis added that the president did not act alone and said that Giuliani, his personal attorney, addressed the crowd at the Stop the Steal rally hours before the riot and was also partly to blame.
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New York Bar Association Begins Probe to Expel Trump Lawyer Giuliani
The New York State Bar Association on Jan. 11 announced the start of an investigation into removing President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani from the organization.
Before the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, Giuliani told a crowd at the White House about claims of election fraud in the presidential election and Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff elections.
“If we’re wrong, we will be made fools of, but if we’re right, a lot of them will go to jail. Let’s have trial by combat,” Giuliani said.
Two Democratic congressmen issued a letter to the New York Bar Association, urging them to investigate and disqualify the president s attorney for encouraging an "agitated, armed crowd," to engage in
Attorney honored for his many accomplishments
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
Posted Jan 10, 2021
Attorney Thomas J. Hall, partner in the Law Firm of Hall & Hall LLP, Stapleton, is being honored with a Louis R. Miller Leadership Award. (Photo courtesy of the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce/Dom Provenzano)
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By Michael Anderson | Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Thomas J. Hall readily admits that he didn’t have dreams of growing up and becoming a lawyer.
“When I went to Georgetown undergrad, I started in the business school. However, during my junior year, I took a Constitutional Law course, which I loved,” recalled Hall. “I went on to attend Vermont Law School, found my passion, and never looked back.”